"In this stunning and well-researched book, Kevin Levin catches the new waves of the study of memory, black soldiers, and the darker underside of the Civil War as well as anyone has." -David Blight, author of Race and Reunion

I’ll have to take a look at this book (adding to the growing Amazon wish list). I re-read Winik’s book a few months back, and had not considered the fact that it might be “overly reconciliationist” but I can see how that might be so. Looking forward to reading this one as a counterpoint to Winik